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Luckily, this ebook can show you the building blocks of how IoT devices connect with one another so that you can understand and perhaps build your own IoT interactions. [Learn More!] [The Internet Archive Is Building a Canadian Copy To Protect Itself From Trump] From the backup department The Internet Archive, a digital library nonprofit that preserves billions of webpages for the historical record, is building a backup archive in Canada after the election of Donald Trump. The Verge adds: Today, it began collecting donations for... [The UK Is About to Legalize Mass Surveillance [Update]] From the privacy-woes department From a report on Motherboard: On Tuesday, the UK is due to pass its controversial new surveillance law, the Investigatory Powers Act, according to the Home Office. The Act, which has received overwhelming support in both the House of Commons and... [Amazon Worker Jumps Off Company Building After Email Note] From the sensitive-matter department An anonymous reader writes: An Amazon employee was injured when he leaped off a building at the company's Seattle headquarters in what police characterized as a suicide attempt. The man, who wasn't identified by authorities, sent an e-mail visible... [Uber Drivers Demand Higher Pay in Nationwide Protest] From the fight-for-money department Uber drivers will join forces with fast food, home care and airport workers in a nationwide protest on Tuesday. Their demand: higher pay. From a report on CNET: Calling it the "Day of Disruption," drivers for the ride-hailing company in two dozen... [Japan Fukushima Nuclear Plant 'Clean-Up Costs Double,' Approaching $200 Billion] From the unintended-consequences department An anonymous reader quotes a report from BBC: Japan's government estimates the cost of cleaning up radioactive contamination and compensating victims of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has more than doubled, reports say. The latest estimate... [Microbiome Changes Drive the Dieting Yo-Yo Effect, Study Finds] From the wind-and-unwind department wheelbarrio writes: We've known for a long time that diet-induced weight loss is rarely permanent but until now what has been a frustration for dieters has also been largely a mystery to scientists. A paper published today in the prestigious... [Great Barrier Reef Has Worst Coral Die-Off Ever, Report Finds] From the recorded-history department Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered from its worst coral die-off ever recorded, according to a new study from the Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies based at James Cook University. "Stress from the... ['DroneGun' Can Take Down Aircraft From Over 1.2 Miles Away] From the bombs-away department The more drones being sold around the world increases the likelihood of them being used as part of a criminal act. For example, ISIS has been using drones in Iraq to carry and drop explosives. In an effort to protect consumers, an Australian and... [Scientists Turn Nuclear Waste Into Diamond Batteries] From the one-man's-trash-is-another-man's-treasure department Scientists at the University of Bristol have found a way to convert thousands of tons of nuclear waste into man-made diamond batteries that can generate a small electric current for thousands of years. New Atlas reports: How to dispose of nuclear... [It Will Soon Be Illegal To Punish Customers Who Criticize Businesses Online] From the let-em-have-it department An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Congress has passed a law protecting the right of U.S. consumers to post negative online reviews without fear of retaliation from companies. The bipartisan Consumer Review Fairness Act was... [Boot Camp Might Damage Speakers on 2016 MacBook Pro] From the windows-and-mac department An anonymous reader writes:One of the things an Apple Mac can do that Windows 10 machines can't do -- at least easily and completely legally -- is run both Windows and MacOS. Interestingly, it's Apple's Boot Camp utility that makes this feat... [Jolla's Sailfish OS Now Certified as Russian Government's First 'Android Alternative'] From the things-russia-likes department The future for one of the few remaining alternative mobile OS platforms, Jolla's Sailfish OS, looks to be taking clearer shape. Today the Finnish company which develops and maintains the core code, with the aim of licensing it to others, announced... [Russia Falls Behind In Annual Space Launches For First Time Ever] From the fighting-on-numbers department From a report on the Moscow Times: This year, for the first time in history, Russia has fallen behind the United States and China as the world's leading launcher of space rockets. Russia will finish 2016 with just 18 launches, according to open... [Spinal Fluid Changes In Space May Impair Astronauts' Vision, Study Finds] From the eye-exam department A condition called visual impairment inter cranial pressure syndrome (VIIP) that has been impairing astronauts' vision on the International Space Station is believed to be caused by a build up of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in their brains. The... [Amazon Said to Plan Premium Alexa Speaker With Large Screen] From the change-in-plans department Amazon's Echo speakers have garnered a lot of interest over the past few months. Many people believe that they like Amazon Echo because of how easy it's to operate -- there is no display, you talk with Alexa, Amazon's digital assistant, which is... Follow us on [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google+] [Submit a Story to Slashdot!] You are subscribed to this Resource Newsletter as {EMAIL} . 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